If the auditd daemon is configured to use the
augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the
default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in the
directory /etc/audit/rules.d:
-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy
Rationale
The system's mandatory access policy (SELinux) should not be
arbitrarily changed by anything other than administrator action. All changes to
MAC policy should be audited.
ISA-62443-2-1-2009, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 2-1: Establishing an Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security Program
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && dpkg-query --show --showformat='${db:Status-Status}\n' 'auditd' 2>/dev/null | grep -q installed; then
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files_to_inspect=()
# If the audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# into the list of files to be inspected
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules')
# Finally perform the inspection and possible subsequent audit rule
# correction for each of the files previously identified for inspection
for audit_rules_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Check if audit watch file system object rule for given path already present
if grep -q -P -- "^[\s]*-w[\s]+/usr/share/selinux/" "$audit_rules_file"
then
# Rule is found => verify yet if existing rule definition contains
# all of the required access type bits
# Define BRE whitespace class shortcut
sp="[[:space:]]"
# Extract current permission access types (e.g. -p [r|w|x|a] values) from audit rule
current_access_bits=$(sed -ne "s#$sp*-w$sp\+/usr/share/selinux/ $sp\+-p$sp\+\([rxwa]\{1,4\}\).*#\1#p" "$audit_rules_file")
# Split required access bits string into characters array
# (to check bit's presence for one bit at a time)
for access_bit in $(echo "wa" | grep -o .)
do
# For each from the required access bits (e.g. 'w', 'a') check
# if they are already present in current access bits for rule.
# If not, append that bit at the end
if ! grep -q "$access_bit" <<< "$current_access_bits"
then
# Concatenate the existing mask with the missing bit
current_access_bits="$current_access_bits$access_bit"
fi
done
# Propagate the updated rule's access bits (original + the required
# ones) back into the /etc/audit/audit.rules file for that rule
sed -i "s#\($sp*-w$sp\+/usr/share/selinux/$sp\+-p$sp\+\)\([rxwa]\{1,4\}\)\(.*\)#\1$current_access_bits\3#" "$audit_rules_file"
else
# Rule isn't present yet. Append it at the end of $audit_rules_file file
# with proper key
echo "-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy" >> "$audit_rules_file"
fi
done
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files_to_inspect=()
# If the audit is 'augenrules', then check if rule is already defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to list of files for inspection.
# If rule isn't defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/MAC-policy.rules' to list of files for inspection.
readarray -t matches < <(grep -HP "[\s]*-w[\s]+/usr/share/selinux/" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# For each of the matched entries
for match in "${matches[@]}"
do
# Extract filepath from the match
rulesd_audit_file=$(echo $match | cut -f1 -d ':')
# Append that path into list of files for inspection
files_to_inspect+=("$rulesd_audit_file")
done
# Case when particular audit rule isn't defined yet
if [ "${#files_to_inspect[@]}" -eq "0" ]
then
# Append '/etc/audit/rules.d/MAC-policy.rules' into list of files for inspection
key_rule_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/MAC-policy.rules"
# If the MAC-policy.rules file doesn't exist yet, create it with correct permissions
if [ ! -e "$key_rule_file" ]
then
touch "$key_rule_file"
chmod 0640 "$key_rule_file"
fi
files_to_inspect+=("$key_rule_file")
fi
# Finally perform the inspection and possible subsequent audit rule
# correction for each of the files previously identified for inspection
for audit_rules_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Check if audit watch file system object rule for given path already present
if grep -q -P -- "^[\s]*-w[\s]+/usr/share/selinux/" "$audit_rules_file"
then
# Rule is found => verify yet if existing rule definition contains
# all of the required access type bits
# Define BRE whitespace class shortcut
sp="[[:space:]]"
# Extract current permission access types (e.g. -p [r|w|x|a] values) from audit rule
current_access_bits=$(sed -ne "s#$sp*-w$sp\+/usr/share/selinux/ $sp\+-p$sp\+\([rxwa]\{1,4\}\).*#\1#p" "$audit_rules_file")
# Split required access bits string into characters array
# (to check bit's presence for one bit at a time)
for access_bit in $(echo "wa" | grep -o .)
do
# For each from the required access bits (e.g. 'w', 'a') check
# if they are already present in current access bits for rule.
# If not, append that bit at the end
if ! grep -q "$access_bit" <<< "$current_access_bits"
then
# Concatenate the existing mask with the missing bit
current_access_bits="$current_access_bits$access_bit"
fi
done
# Propagate the updated rule's access bits (original + the required
# ones) back into the /etc/audit/audit.rules file for that rule
sed -i "s#\($sp*-w$sp\+/usr/share/selinux/$sp\+-p$sp\+\)\([rxwa]\{1,4\}\)\(.*\)#\1$current_access_bits\3#" "$audit_rules_file"
else
# Rule isn't present yet. Append it at the end of $audit_rules_file file
# with proper key
echo "-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy" >> "$audit_rules_file"
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi